Abstract: Estimation of statistical moments of performance functions is one of the main topics in structural reliability analysis by moment methods. It is possible to apply the well-developed multiple-dimensional cubature formulas ...

Abstract: In this note, a number of empirical models available in the literature of the complete stress-strain curve for unconfined high-strength concrete under uniaxial compression are reviewed and investigated using the published ...

Abstract: In structural reliability analysis, the uncertainties related to resistance and load are generally expressed as random variables that have known cumulative distribution functions. However, in practical applications, the ...

Abstract: The light-frame low-rise buildings widely used for residential and industrial purposes are very vulnerable to high winds. Postdisaster surveys indicated that envelope components such as windows, doors, and roof sheathings ...

Abstract: Structural reliability analysis involving highly nonnormally distributed performance functions or relatively small failure probabilities is still a challenging problem in engineering practice. To overcome these problems, ...

Abstract: Recovering the probability distribution of the limit state function is an effective method of structural reliability analysis, in which it still is challenging to balance the precision and computational efforts. This paper ...

Abstract: Bayesian updating of the reliability of deteriorating engineering structures based on inspection data has been attracting a lot of attention recently because it can provide more accurate estimates of the structural reliability ...

Abstract: In structural reliability analysis, the input variables are often nonnormal and correlated. A procedure for efficient normal transformation, i.e., transforming dependent nonnormal random variables into independent ...

Abstract: Non-Gaussian processes beset many aspects of structural engineering analysis. To estimate non-Gaussian processes, various third-order Hermite polynomial models have been proposed and widely applied. Different forms of ...

Abstract: Structural reliability analysis without the exclusion of random variables with unknown distributions has attracted increasing attention, and many endeavors have been devoted to this aspect. Recently, linear moments (L-moments) ...